Two new species of Ligia Fabricius, 1798 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Ligiidae) from coasts of the Persian and Aden gulfs Wägele, Valiallah Khalaji-Pirbalouty Johann-Wolfgang Organisms Diversity & Evolution 2010 New York, N. Y. 2010-03-24 10 2 135 145 729BH Wägele 2010 [136,278,1687,1710] Malacostraca Ligiidae Ligia Animalia Isopoda 1 136 Arthropoda species persica sp. nov.    Etymology The species epithet refers to the typelocality in the Persian Gulf. It is to be treated as adjectival for the purposes of nomenclature. Type material All material was collected in Iran(Persian Gulf).   HolotypeMale (ZMH-42323), about 21 mmwithout uropod; Kish Island, 26 o34  ′503  ″N 53 o57  ′111  ″E, 24.01.2006.   Paratypes One adultmale 21 mm, two femalesup to 17 mm,  four juveniles(ZMH-42324), same data as holotype; three malesup to 28 mm,  five femalesup to 19 mm(ZMH-42325), Qeshmisland, southwest coast, Dustgu, 26 o33  ′N 55 o21  ′E, sandy and rocky shore,  07.05.2008; four malesup to 13 mm,  five femalesup to 15 mm(ZMH-42326), Bandar-e Lengeh, Pasgah, 26 o38  ′N 55 o02  ′E,  24.04.2008;  three malesup to 25 mm, one ovigerous female 19 mm, two non-ovigerous females up to 19 mm(ZMH-42327), Bandar-e Lengeh, 26 o32  ′N 55 o52  ′E,  01.07.2009;  two malesup to 17 mm, one ovigerous female 12 mm, one non-ovigerous female 12 mm(ZMH-42328), Bandar-e-Pol, 26 o58  ′N 55 o45  ′E,  29.06.2009. [816,1385,1156,1179] 1 136 4 4 paratype 2008-07-05 Iran 26.55 Dustgu 1241 55.35 1 136 5 5 paratype 2008-04-24 Iran 26.633333 Bandar-e Lengeh 1241 55.033333 Pasgah 1 136 5 5 paratype 2009-01-07 Iran 26.533333 Bandar-e Lengeh 1241 55.866665 1 136 3 3 paratype 2009-06-29 Iran 26.966667 Bandar-e-Pol 1239 55.75 1 136 2 2 paratype